Boss VF-1 Effect Processor

I own a gp-100, 2-3 years now and a vf-1 since 1/2 a year.

Very short: for guitar I would have to choose the gp (but it's a difficult
choice), not the vf.

I'l give a short (?) list of reasons.

The gp has 16 assignable controls, the vf only 4.
The gp has a double/stereo send returns, 4 outputs, midi thru/out, the vf
"only" has stereo in/outputs and digital out and midi in-out (no thru, that
means it's a midi death end street, midi-splitters and so on).
The Gp allows you to put every effect anywhere in the chain, the vf is
limited.

I do think that the vf-1 and the sansamp can deliver very nice sounds, but
the vf 1 is not only guitar oriented but bass/keyboard/vocal/studio allround
kinda machine, and this results in the fact that I think the GP is the more
allround (more flexible) guitar equipment.
The gp is very guitar dedicated, also the amp simulation and speaker sim.
are separated effects, the vf 1 has joined them together (the gp allows you
to switch amp sim OFF and speaker sim. ON, the vf-1 speaker-amp sim. can not
be separated they are one effect and I think you might wanna use the speaker
simulation for your Sans Amp).

The vf - 1 effects are very nice, but sometimes I find the overall sound
thinner and more digital, it gives good competition but, if I had to choose,
for guitar I would keep the GP-100, but then again they are different
sounding machines.
Last thing, some other people in this group mentioned (I think) the vf-1 is
sometimes noisy, I sometimes hear a sound that should not be in the signal,
I think you can imagine the sound of the drums in a room produced by the
vibes of let's say my guitar playing Very loud, you can hear the drum become
alive, triggered by the sound waves of my guitar.
And that's a sound i hear sometimes produced by the Vf-1.
Don't know (yet)  what causes it and if tweaking will remove this sound,
it's there in some presets, maybe I'm clipping some effects.
But I think I' keep both machines, I've also got a ADA tube preamp,
sometimes I hook it up to the gp's send returns, very  nice sounding real
tubes but the gp does a very good job whitouth the real thing.

Greetings,

Sjaak de Vos
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Van: the_mincer <mincer1@...>
Aan: BossVF1@yahoogroups.com <BossVF1@yahoogroups.com>
Datum: dinsdag 11 december 2001 2:28
Onderwerp: [BossVF1] VF-1 vs GP-100


>I have a GP-100, and may sell that and get a VF-1. I am planning on
>using it for the effects only, as I am also getting a SansAmp PSA-1
>preamp for the main guitar sounds and using the VF-1 in the effects
>loop. Can anyone compare the GP-100 sounds with the VF-1?
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>thanks
>Dave Eichenberger: guitars.loops.devices
>http://www.hazardfactor.com/dave
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